Combination ash tray and holder for cigars, cigarettes, and the like



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INVENTOR. m'lzi'am ficizuu'en'ny Patented Aug. 14, 1951 COMBINATION ASH TRAY AND HOLDER FOR CIGARS, DIGARETTES, AND THE LIKE William Schwiering, Bronx, N. Y.

Application November 13, 1948, Serial No. 59,888

Claims. (Cl. 131-242) One object of this invention is to provide a simply constructed, in expensive ash and butt holder of the type usually removably placed upon table tops or ash stands, the construction being provided with a holder for a plurality of tobacco pipes arranged thereon in an orderly, highly practical manner as well as for cigars, cigarettes and for pipe tobacco or the like.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which holds the open heads of tobacco pipes in a substantially closed receptacle thus reducing to a minimum the emanating therefrom of offending odors, and which causes ashes or the like falling out of the pipes thus held to accumulate in an ash receptacle.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which will prevent the smoke of burning cigaretteends, cigar-ends or burning tobacco, which are dropped into the said tray to escape into the open.

Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which has a relatively shallow, normally closed ash chamber so formed as to facilitate cleaning and tending to prevent the picking up and scattering of ashes in the chamber by crosscurrents of air and gusts of wind.

Yet a further object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is sanitary in use, convenient and practical, of neat appearance, and that is designed to afford convenience to one or more persons without the possibility of offending the taste of' the most fastidious.

' Many ash trays that serve their purpose are objectionable because they expose the ashes, burned matches and smokers refuse generally thus offending the sensibilities of the ladies and of nonsmokers thus exciting uncomplimentary comment. This situation is definitely avoided through 'the use of the present device, which is also'simple the construction and arrangement of parts with-.

out departing from the spirit of the invention as Qlaimed.

2 In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a 6 preferred embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a partial sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detailed elevation of a tube; Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a modification; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the modification of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a detailed bottom plan view of a cylindrical member which is to be inserted into an ash tray;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig.

1 Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9--9 of Fi 7; a Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the cylindrical member of Fig. 7 showing in cross-section a collar member upwardly extended from said cylindrical member'and the parts encompassed by said collar member; and,

Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the line i l-l l of Fig. 10.

" Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive the numeral I denotes anupright hollow body having a perforated bottom 2 and being subdivided into an open upper compartment and a lower compartinent by an intermediate horizontal wall 3 (Fig. 2). The body I, which may be made of sheet metal, plastic material, or of any other suitable material, is provided with apertures 4 in the vertical wall portions of its lower compartment, and with lugs 5 in vertical alignment with said apertures and is adjustably secured to the outer side of the upper portion of said body,-by means of screws 6 extending through slots 1 in the vertical portions of the lugs 5. The apertures 4 are adapted for receiving the heads of tobacco pipes, and said lugs are adapted for having extended therethrough the pipe stems, as is indicated in Fig. 2 by dash-and-dotted lines. In this way my new and improved device holds the open heads of tobacco pipes in a substantially closed receptacle formed by the lower portion of the body I, the wall 3 and the bottom 2. The lugs 5 may be shifted 'up or down for adjusting them to the length of the pipe stems, if such adjustment shouldbe necessary in order to attach an irregularly sized pipe to the device.

The upper compartment, bove the wall Preferably is subdivided by a cylinder 8, which is of smaller diameter than the body I and which is adapted for receiving cigars or the like (not shown). I prefer also to subdivide the circular space between the outer side of the cylinder 8 and the inner side of the upper section of the body I by means of radially extending plates 9 which radiate from the cylinder 8. The thus subdivided circular space is adapted for receiving cigarettes (not shown) or the like.

A short cylindrical member l6, whose head por tion consists of arm sections ii that are joined to one another at the axial center of the head portion of the member i6, is inserted into an ashtray l2. The upper portion of the member l0, including the arm sections 1 I, preferably has downwardly extending marginal reinforcement portions It, and the upper sides of the arm sectons H are provided with grooves I adapted for receiving cigars or cigarettes whose burning ends project into the open space between the arm sections l I.

A collar member l6, which is of a smaller diameter than the body I, is secured to the bottom 2 of the latter and to the arms ii at their juncture. I prefer to provide the inner lower portion of the body i with a taper ring member i? (Fig. 2) in order to provide an inclinel. circular surface for guiding ashes tobacco particles, falling out of pipes inserted into the apertures i, toward the perforations :8 in the bottom 2, from whence they pass through the collar member l5 and through perforations I3 in the bottom portion lea of the member it upon a disk 29-. The latter is secured to the threaded lower end of a rod 2% by means of nuts 22 or the like. The rod 21 axially shiftable and rotatable. in a tubular member, which preferably consists of two tubes 23 and 25 (Fig. 4:) that are joined to one another end to by means of a bushing 25 secured to their respecti e adjoining end portions by means of welding, soldering, screwing or the like.- Instead of the two tubes 5:3 and E i there can be provided also one single tube which has an annular shoulder, similar to the bushin 25 in its inncrcenter portion. The lower end portion of the tube 2 is provided with an exterior thread is extended through the bottom 2 and the juncture of the arm sections ll, and secured thereto by of nuts 2! engaging the thread The upper end portion of the tube 23 is provided with a knurled flange member 29, and the upper end of the rod 2!, which extends beyond the upper extremity of the tube 255, is provided with a knurled knob 30. A coiled spring 35, extending through the tube 2%, has one end secured to the lower portion of the rod 2 I, while its other end is secured to the bushing 25 by means of' soldering or the like. The spring 3! tends to pull the rod 2| upwardly.

A brush 32 is secured to the lower side of at. least one of the arm sections ii, preferably of each arm section H as shown, and for each brush there is provided in the disk 29 an opening 33 through which extends the brush if the disk 28 is in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

Ashes falling apertures i3 and is or through the open spaces between the arms H, can be removed from the disk 25 and brushed into the ash tray [2 easily and quickly by depressing the knob so and turning it, so that the parts 39, ZED and 2| assume the position indicated in dash-and-dotted lines in Fig. 2 and. shown infull lines in Fig. 11. In this upon disk 20. through the.

position the disk can be rotated, as far as the spring 3i allows such rotation in either direction, so that the brushes 32 will sweep an ashes or the like through the openings 33 into the ash tray 1'2. The latter is closed by the disk as soon as this disk is brought back into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, in which position the disk 2 will be retained by the tension of the spring 3 I.

According to the modification of Figs. 5 and 6 a body 4|, which is identical to the body I, is also provided with apertures M, has perforations 43 in its bottom 42, has its interior subdivided by an intermediate bottom or horizontal wall 45, and has. above each aperture 4d a lug member 46 adjustably secured thereto by means of screws 41 or the like extending through slots 48 in the members 45. The top of the body M preferably is closed by a removable cover 50, and the space above the wall can be filled with pipe tobacco or the like. A collar member 51, similar to the collar member 56 of Figs. 1 to 4, connects the bottom 42 of the body ll to the center portion of an ashtray 53, and a cone 54 is secured to the upper center portion of the bottom 42 for the purpose of guiding ashes and the like toward the perforations 43. The simplified modification of Figs. 5 and 6 is adapted primarily for use by pipe smokers.

. Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in a. the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the. following claims are intended to cover-all of thegeneric and specific features of the invention herein de- 1 scribed, and all statements of the scope of the wall portions and being subdivided into compartments by an intermediate horizontal wall and provided with apertures in its lower vertical wall portion, an ashtray to which said body is secured in such a manner that its perforated bottom is y in vertical spaced relation to the bottom of the ashtray, and lugs in vertical alignment with said apertures being adjustably secured to the outer side of said body.

2. A device of the character described comprisin an upright hollow body having a perforated bottom and vertical wall portions and being subdivided into compartments by an intermediate.

horizontal wall and provided with apertures in the vertical wall portions. of its lower compartment, a collar member which is of smaller diameter than said body being secured to the bottom of the latter, lugs in vertical alignment with said apertures beingv secured to the outer side of the upper portion of said body, and an ashtray fromv whose center portion said collar member is upwardly extended, said apertures. being adapted.

for receiving the heads of tobacco pipes, and said lugs are adapted for having extended. therethrough the stems. of said pipes.

3. A device of the character described comprising an upright hollow body having a per-' forated bottom and vertical wall portions and being subdivided into compartments by an intermediate horizontal wall and provided with apertures in the vertical wall portions of its lower compartment, a collar member which is of smaller diameter than said body being secured tothe center portion of the lower side of the bottom of said body, a cone being extended from the center portion of the upper side of the bottom of said body, lugs in vertical alignment with said apertures being adjustably secured to the outer side of the upper portion of said body, and an ashtray from whose center portion said collar mem-- ber is upwardly extended, said apertures being adapted for receiving the heads of tobacco pipes, and said lugs are adapted for having extended therethrough the stems of said pipes.

4. A device of the character described comprising an upright hollow body having a perforated bottom and Vertical wall portions and being subdivided into compartments by an intermediate horizontal wall and provided with apertures in the vertical wall portions of its lower compartment, a collar member which is of smaller diameter than said body being secured to the center portion of the lower side of the bottom of said body, a cylinder having at its upper portions arms that are joined to each other at the center of the cylinder, brushes being secured to the lower side of said arms, a rod being extended through said body and said collar member into said cylinder, a disk being secured to the lower end of said rod and provided with radial slots adapted for having said brushes extended therethrough, resilient means interposed between said body and said rod for pulling the latter upwardly, and an ash receptacle into which said cylinder is extended.

5. A device of the character described comprising an upright hollow body having a perforated bottom and vertical wall portions and being subdivided into compartments by an intermediate horizontal wall and provided with apertures in the vertical wall portions of its lower compartment, a collar member which is of smaller diameter than said body being secured to the center portion of the lower side of the bottom of said body, a cylinder having at its upper portions arms that are joined to each other at the center of the cylinder, brushes being secured to the lower side of said arms, a tube extended through the center of said body and the juncture of said arms being secured to the latter, a rod having a knob at its upperend and being extended through said tube, a disk being secured to the lower end of said rod and provided with radial slots adapted for having said brushes extended therethrough, resilient means interposed between said tube and said rod and being adapted for pulling the rod upwardly, an ash receptacle into which said cylinder is extended, and lugs in vertical alignment with said apertures being adjustably secured to the outer side of the upper portion of said body, said apertures being adapted for receiving the heads of tobacco pipes, and said lugs are adapted for having extended therethrough the stems of said pipes.

WILLIAM SCHWIERING.

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